Portrait of a Patriot: Edward Burleson

Edward Burleson, the famous nineteenth-century soldier and…

Honoring a Widow of the Alamo — Elizabeth Crockett’s Land Legacy

In the nineteenth century, the…

Doña Patricia de la Garza De León — Texas Pioneer and Patriot

Women’s History Month is celebrated…

From the Spanish Collection: Overlapping Sovereignty and Private Property on the East Texas

Deep in the Heart of Mexico: Lone Star Reflections in an 1830 Map of Mexico City

By Guest Contributor…

Organizing the Archives: The Land Districts of Texas

First-time visitors to the Archives of the Texas…

The Inquisition Dungeon of Stephen F. Austin

By Guest Contributor: Bruce Clavey, Author of The Inquisition of Stephen F. Austin.

Stephen F. Austin’s Connected Map of Austin’s Colony, 1837 (1892 Tracing)

In 1892, GLO draftsman F. G…

Connecting the Republic — The Central National Road of Texas

Science and Silence — Spanish Cartographic Secrets in the New World

At first glance, Antonio Herrera y…